Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Testosterone


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Testosterone
Foreign language / English title
Testosterone
Subtitle
For percussion instruments (4 players)
Year of composition
2021

Type
Ensemble
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
perc. (4 esec. - I: shell chimes, 2 timbales, timp.; II: frusta, 4 temple bl., gr.c.; III: claves, 2 conga, gr.c.; IV: shell chimes, claves, 2 bongo)
Duration
5 min

Movements, parts
1. Kickstart
2. The Journey Begins
3. Raising

4. Gathering Strength
5. "Full Throttle"

Commissioned by
Hungarian Bartók Radio
Premiere information
12 May 2021, ÁrTRIUM Contemporary Music FEstival, Studio 6, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Sonus Percussion Ensemble: István Szabó, Tamás Szalai, Márton Máté, Péter Róbert Kiss (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Publishing Ltd. © 2021, K-0523
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Radio (recording of the premiere), 2021 - Sonus Percussion Ensemble: István Szabó, Tamás Szalai, Márton Máté, Péter Róbert Kiss (perc.)
Video recording, 2021 - Sonus Percussion Ensemble: István Szabó, Tamás Szalai, Márton Máté, Péter Róbert Kiss (perc.) (Available on youtube.com)